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0. E. VAN DUSEN.

STAPLE HOLDING IMPLEMENT.

No 337,212. Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. VAN DUSEN, OF ONEONTA, NEW YORK.

STAPLE-HOLDING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,212, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed June 15, 1885. Serial No. 168,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. VAN DU- SEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego and State ofNew York; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Driving Staples; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved tool or device for driving staples, showing a staple inposition in the same and ready for driving. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinalsectional view taken on the line 00-00 in Fig. 2, and-Fig. t is a frontview of the device with the staple removed.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to an improved tool or device for setting staplesand holding them while they are being driven in such a manner that thesaid staples may be held either horizontally or vertically withoutdanger of dropping out of the holder, and in such a manner that thestaple, while being driven, shall be protected from being bent orbroken; and it has for its object to provide a device of this classwhich shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity,durability, and general efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction of the said tool or device, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the shank or handle of myimproved tool for driving staples, which is formed of solid iron orother metal, and which is enlarged and somewhat flattened at one end, soas to form the head B. The outer or front. end of the said head has acurved recess,'O, of suitable size and shape to accommodate the bent endof a staple, D, of the kind and size which my improved staple-driver isintended to operate upon. The recess 0 is intersected 'in themanufacture of fences.

by atransverse notch, D, which corresponds with the inside of thestaple, so that the recess G is practically reduced to a groove,merely'of sufficient size to accommodate the thickness of the staple.

The operation of this invention audits ad vantages will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed, without requiring extended explanation. Thestaple is placed in the groove or recess 0, where it is held securelywhile it is being adjusted to the desired position by means of the toolwhich forms a holder or handle. seen that the staple may with equalfacility and certainty be-arranged or placed in either a horizontal orvertical position without danger of dropping out of the holder. When thestaple has been brought to the desired position, it may be easily drivenby afew blows upon the butt-end of the handle or shank A, the grooveGserving to guide thestaple, to distribute the force of the blowsevenly,so as to avoid bending or breaking the staple, and to prevent oneleg of the staple from being driven faster than the other.

This improved device or implement may be used for setting and drivingstaples of all kinds and in all places; but it is speciallyintended andadapted for driving staples for the purpose of holding and securingbarbed wire When this-is done in the ordinary manner, there is alwaysgreat dangerof lacerating the hands, and it'is at best difficult to setand drive the staples over the wire while the latter is held taut bymeans of a stretcher, which may slip and release the wire at any moment.

By the use ofmy improved deviceor holder. the operation is obviouslyfacilitated, since it is not necessary to bring the hands in contactwith the barbed wires, and the blows by which the staple 'is driven maybe delivered far more effectively. \Vhen the device is employed for thiskind of work, the notch D will serve to straddle the wire or wires, thusenabling the staple to he driven by the tool It will be to the properdepth. The tool will also serve It is obvious that the recess 0 need notbe curved, as described, but will be made to'conform to the shape of thestaple which is to be driven by means of my improved tool.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a staple-driving deviceconsisting of a recessed staple-holder provided with a separate followerfitting in said staple-holder, for driving the staple out of the holder,and I do not claim such construction; but I am not aware that astaple-driverhas ever been constructed of one piece having a groovedrecess in one end of it,

said recess being deeper than it is wide; and I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States As an improved article ofmanufacture, Lhe

herein-described device for holding and driv' ing staples, consisting ofa shank or handle, one end of which is adapted to receive the blows ofthe driving implement, and the opposite end is provided with a recessadapted to hold the staple, and a transverse slot or recess across saidfirst recess and at right angles thereto, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereunto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

1 CHAS. E. VAN DUSEN.

Witnesses:

DAVID J. YEAGER, ADAM E. WI BUR.

